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Transgender Issues

Transgender Issues. Laura McReynolds Chelsea Donaldson Lauren Mueller Grace Jones. What We Are Covering…. Definition History Discrimination Influences and Support Conclusion Questions. Definition: Just A Few Terms. Gender Identity vs. Gender Expression vs. Sexual Orientation

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Transgender Issues

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  1. Transgender Issues Laura McReynolds Chelsea Donaldson Lauren Mueller Grace Jones

  2. What We Are Covering… Definition History Discrimination Influences and Support Conclusion Questions

  3. Definition: Just A Few Terms • Gender Identity vs. Gender Expression vs. Sexual Orientation • Cross-dresser vs. Drag • Hermaphrodite/Intersex

  4. What It Means To Be Transgendered • Transgender vs. Transsexual • Defies gender binary • Gender neutral pronouns (Sie, Hir)

  5. History: How does T fit into LGBT? • Transgender: an ancient and modern idea • 1953- first surgery (Christine Jorgensen) • 1966- Compton’s Cafeteria • 1975- Minneapolis anti-discrimination law • 1993- Intersex Society of North America • (ISNA)

  6. Discrimination Within the Movement • Movement started out conservative • Excluded butch lesbian, feminine gay men, transgender people, and bisexuals

  7. Discrimination • Hospitals, Restaurants, Bathrooms • 1991- Brandon Teena (Boys Don’t Cry) • Laws • ENDA • Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) • The Real ID Act • Goal: Social Equality

  8. Influential Organizations • C.O.G. (Conversion Our Goal) in 1967 • STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) in 1970 • FTM 1980 • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) 1985 • Queer Nation 1990 • ISNA 1993 • GenderPAC 199 • National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) 2003 • Basic Rights Oregon • SONG

  9. Questions • Has your idea about transgender changed? • Do you agree with transgendered inclusion within the movement?

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